Top 10 Most Crazy & Funny Sports In The World
What comes into your mind when someone mentioned sports probably football or track and field or maybe hockey boxing or some kind of rowing but what about something unusual does anything apart from curling come to mind people have invented a lot of different competitions which will be will to you and can even shock you do you want to take a look at these strange completely insane sports here are the top 10 most crazy and funny sports in the world. .
1- worm charming
If you've never heard of this competition well it's a shame because it's definitely worth your attention it's pretty simple ordinary earthworms are lured to the surface this usually made to collect them as bait for fishing but in some regions, there is the whole worm charming competitions most ways to attract worms to the surface are based on soil vibration in 2008 researchers from the Vanderbilt University discovered that worms creep out to the surface because these vibrations are similar to the vibrations produced by digging molds at eating earthworms there are many different ways to create the vibrations from spraying water tea and beer on the soil to acupuncture playing music or extracting sound from the garden forks in most competitions the worm guarantee catches the most worms during a certain window of time is to clothe the winner and usually each competitor are given a piece of land of two and a half square meters.
2-west coast giant pumpkin regatta
One of the funniest and bizarre Halloween themed events of the year takes place this month at Oregon's Lake to Alton were dozens of giant vegetable enthusiasts race in super-sized floating pumpkins add the word regatta to the name of any boat or yacht race the Regal nomenclature gives the event instant cred the largest pumpkins in the west coast giant pumpkin regatta are some 1800 pounds any more than that and they become too hard to paddle said the city of Tualatin the massive pumpkins are grown all the northwest some come from as far away as Canada as well as Washington State and Oregon the event organizers never know how many will arrive until race day morning surprisingly there's little preparation in making these giant pumpkins into boats as they are almost hollow inside this free family event also includes a giant pumpkin weigh-off pie-eating contests kids costume contests pumpkin bowling pumpkin golf crafts food and much more.
3-Cooper's Hill cheese rolling and wake
This annual event which takes place on the last Monday of May on Cooper Hill near Gloucester UK is one of the top 10 most unusual sporting events in the world the conditions are extremely simple the first persons who catch the wheel of cheese and since 2013 a plastic five-kilogram cheese replica launched from the top of the hill it's the winner nothing complicated right once don't forget that the competition takes place on a rather steep slope and the cheese can reach a speed of up to 70 km / H moreover there's a huge number of participants eager to win therefore this cheese cashing event is very dangerous and you can easily hurt yourself there are more than a thousand participants each year cheese rolling is a tradition for the people of the local village of Brock War worse in recent decades people from other parts of The UK the origin of the tradition is unknown but it has existed for hundreds of years despite the attempts of the police to ban the dangerous event so in 2010 the contest was canceled but its fans simply ignored the ban.
4- extreme ironing
Extreme ironing is an interesting way to turn a mundane activity into an extreme sport to join the athletes you will need an iron an ironing board and any piece of clothing obviously some unusual location you're only limited by your own fantasy in your own instinct of self-preservation the funnier harder and more dangerous the conditions are the higher your status will be in the eyes of other fans of this sport you can iron your favorite sweater while balancing on the roof of a moving car driving down a mountain on a snowboard riding a bicycle standing in the middle of a busy highway some Daredevils even parachute with their riding boards iron in during the flight of course extreme ironing has its own records a 15-meter surrey and IVA Louise Travis dived a hundred and thirty seven meters under the Red Sea with an iron the clothes hardly ended up less wrinkled that's what an adventurer.
5- mountain bike bog snorkeling
It is a very attractive idea of riding a bicycle through the wetland sounds even worse but how about combining these activities we agree it does sound absurd but there is actually, a strange sport involving cycling with snorkeling masks, athletes need to overcome a 40-meter long bike track which runs in the bottom of a small pond or ditch with standing water, however, they don't plunge into the muddy water together but one by one in order to not accidentally collide the winner is the one with the fastest time and it's not that easy when you're in a swamp up to your neck or even deeper even the coolest mountain bike isn't always able to ride while a fully submerged in water.
6- Shin kicking
Ancient nicking competition the rules are quite simple to competitors stand face to face and hold onto each other's collar in this position they have to kick the opponent shin as much as possible these stronger the better traditionally there's no time limit for the fight and it ends when one of the players falls to the ground however in the modern version of victory is awarded for taking two out of the three rounds of the fight since kicks to the shin are very painful participants are allowed to protect themselves their armor is traditionally straw placed in their trousers or socks packed as tightly as possible the athletes themselves said that they don't feel any hostility towards each other even if they do get a few powerful kicks without any personal motives or resentments.
7-Henley on Todd regatta
The head Leon Todd regatta is a boat race held annually in the typically dry sandy bed of the Todd River in Alice Springs Australia Todd becomes a racetrack for a crazy team of bottomless boats it all started in 1962 with a strange idea from a guy named Reggie Smith and today the regatta at more than 20,000 locals and tourists and has become a real holiday the program includes sailing boat kayaks rowing bathtubs and much more but an oldest without a drop of water because of each, the vessel moves on the sand with the power of human hands and feet the festival the finale is a sea battle of huge ships using pyrotechnics water cannons and flower bombs a delightful combination of creativity and incredibly funny madness.
8-wife carrying competition
Wife-carrying is a contest in which male competitors race while each carrying a female teammate the objective is for the male to carry the female through a special obstacle track in the fastest time the sport was first introduced at San major Finland the wife-carrying world championships have been held annually in Sanka coffee Finland since 1992 in addition to the product prize the world champions will receive the equivalent of the wife's weight in beer a bag full of wife carrying products and a statue with wife's carrying motif point the second in the third couple as well as the most entertaining couple the best costume and the strongest carrier will be awarded wife-carrying products and statues wife-carrying contests are now seen in Australia the United States-Hong Kong Estonia the UK and other parts of the world besides Finland and the sport as a category and the Guinness Book of Records.
9- Megavalanche
One of the craziest competitions on the planet which attracts the attention of professional athletes as well as a downhill mountain bike race with some climbing in other words every participant of the Megavalanche has to compete with numerous competitors and also, overcome off-road terrain including snow stone debris rocks roots and dirt you never know what could happen next for some, the race ends in victory but for others, it ends in injuries on every pass on the road the Magar Vilanch takes place at the ALP - a ski resort in the French Alps it starts at the icy peak of the peak Blanc and ends at the lush meadows of the Armand Valley the route goes for over 2,000 vertical meters and a thirty-kilometer distance it is said that even in spite of the harsh conditions the Maga Vilanch always has a festive atmosphere and the way from the top of the mountain to its foot is a great adventure.
10-mobile phone throwing
The mobile phone throwing the championship was first held in Finland in 2000 and was a success and since then this original sport has become increasingly popular there are even individual disciplines such as the original over-the-shoulder throw or the Freestyle throw where athletes get points for aesthetics and choreography any mobile phone weighing more than 220 grams can be used as a projectile to date the record breaker among men Estrellas pheromones who in August 2014 managed to throw the unusual projectile at 110 points 42 meters even Weiner set the world record for women in September 2017 with her phone flying 67 point five eight meters.
